MIDLAND AREA FARMERS MARKET 2021 Application

MIDLAND AREA FARMERS MARKET

2021 Vendor Application
Applicant's Business/Farm Name *
Applicant's Full Name *
Address *

Address

Street Address Line 2

City

Zip
Phone # *

Area Code Phone Number
Cell # *
Do you text? *
Email (or friend/family who will share communications) *
example@example.com
Location of Business/Farm (if different from above)

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City State / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Business Website
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Vendor Category & Information *

100% Farmer/Grower Plants/Flowers Food Truck Baked Goods Farmer, with locally purchased produce (must grow at least 50% of products for sale) Wine
Number of Years at MAFM *
Do you require electricity and why: (this is NOT guaranteed) *
Is your business certified organic? *
2021 Market hours are 7 am - 1 pm Wednesday & Saturday May 1 - October 30

November dates are Saturdays only: 6, 13 & 20 from 9a-12p.

All November vendors will be considered as "daily".
Attendance days expected in 2021 *

Wednesday Saturday Both
Attendance months expected for 2021 *

May June July August September October
Stall quantity requested (limit of two) *
Type of stall requested: Payment for ALL stalls will be due after you receive an acceptance letter. *All wholesale vendors must produce a minimum of 50% of what they sell. *

Annual Stall- $500 Wholesale* Annual Stall - $700 Food Truck Annual Stall - $650 Daily Vendor - $30 [$25 application fee applies] Daily Vendor: Food Truck & Wholesale - $40 [$25 application fee applies]
Farmers Market Licensing / Certificates
Upload a copy of your licenses

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Sales Tax License:
required for non-farmers
Nursery Market Dealer's License:
Food Warehouse License:
Commercial Kitchen License:
Apiary License:
Product List FRUIT (check all that apply)

Apples Apricots Blackberries Blueberries Cherries - Sweet Cherries- Tart Currants Elderberries Gooseberries Grapes Lingonberries Muskmelon Nectarines Peaches Pears Plums Raspberries Rhubarb Saskatoons Strawberries Watermelon
Product List VEG (check all that apply)

Artichoke Asparagus Beans- DRY Beans - Snap Beets Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Carrot Caulifower Celeriac Celery Chinese Cabbage Collards Cucumbers Eggplant Garlic Garlic Scapes Kale Kohlrabi Leeks Lettuce Microgreens Mushrooms Okra Onions Parsnips Peas Peppers Potatoes Pumpkins Radishes Rutabaga Salsify Spinach Squash- Summer Squash-Winter Sweet Corn Sweet Potatoes Swiss Chard Tomatoes Turnips
Product List Other Farm Products/Herbs & Spices/Specialty Food (check all that apply)

Baked Good Honey Maple Syrup Herbs - FRESH Herbs - DRIED Ginger Lemon Grass Jams/Jellies Annual plants Perennial plants Cut FRESH flowers Cut DRIED flowers Wreaths/Home Decor
MAFM participates in the Farmers Market Metrics (FM Metrics) efforts organized by the Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA). FM Metrics is driven by the need for efficient farmers market management tools, while facilitating the communication of market impacts to customers, vendors, funders and other stakeholders. We appreciate your participation in gathering this data as it helps to show MAFM’s impact on downtown Midland and the surrounding areas. All information you share will be kept confidential. When the data is used, it will be at the market level. Your individual vendor information will not be recognizable in any public report or communication. Vendor information will only be available to market managers and MIFMA.
FARM VENDORS ONLY
Are you a farm vendor? Answer YES if you grow the items you sell at the Market *

YES NO
How many acres does your farm business OWN? *
How many acres does your farm business LEASE? *
How many acres do you cultivate, or use for grazing? *
ALL VENDORS
Identify the primary type of product that you will sell at this market this year, based on greatest revenue (select only one): *

Produce* Meat & Seafood Dairy Eggs Plants & Flowers Value-added* Prepared food* Services Alcohol
Produce* refers to fresh foods that farmers plant, grow, and harvest (e.g., fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, etc.) The farmers do not process or minimally process the products.

Value-added* refers to products that have been processed through baking, cooking, canning, drying, fermenting, preserving, or spinning techniques (e.g., baked goods, jams, dried fruit, viticulture, pickles, wool yarn, etc.). Value-added products can be produced by farm vendors with thier own raw ingredients, or by non-farm vendors, with ingredients grown by an outside source.

Prepared food* refers to products that agriculture or non-agriculture businesses make from ingredients that they primarily purchase. They make the food at the market for immediate consumption (e.g., sandwiches, brewed coffee, etc.).
Does your farm or business hold Organic Certification (or in the 3-year transition process)? *

YES NO
Including yourself, how many people work for your business seasonally? Please include family members (paid or unpaid), hired production or office workers, people hired to sell at markets, contract or custom hire farm labor and paid interns or apprentices. *
Seasonal (worked 149 days or less)
Including yourself, how many people work for your business year-round? Please include family members (paid or unpaid), hired production or office workers, people hired to sell at markets, contract or custom hire farm labor and paid interns or apprentices. *
Year-round (worked 150 days or more)
Is your business women-owned? Ownership refers to equity, interest, or stock of the business. Select 'Yes' if 51% or more of your business is woman-owned. *

YES NO
Which of the following describes the primary owner of your business? Ownership refers to equity, interest, or stock of the business. Choose all that apply *

American Indian or Alaska Native Asian or Asian American Black or Africian American Multi-Racial Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino/a White (not Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino/a Prefer Not To Answer
How many years has the primary owner/operator of your farm been farming? *
Is the primary owner of your business younger than 35 years of age? Ownership refers to equity, interest, or stock of the business. Select 'yes' if 51% or more of your business is owned by someone younger than 35 years of age. *

YES NO
Provide the physical address of your primary point of production. Please include the street address, city, state and zip code. *
I certify that the above information is correct and accurate, and my signature is verification that I have read, understand and will adhere to the Rules and Regulations of MAFM.

I understand that if I am approved as a Vendor at the MAFM, then I will have to sign a separate agreement outlining the terms and conditions of Market use as well as provide proof of liability insurance.

If I am applying as a daily vendor, I understand that my application will not be considered until the MBA has received my non-refundable application fee. Pay the application fee by contacting the office, after your application has been submitted.
Vendor Signature *

Clear
Date *

Month Day Year
Date
Applications received prior to March 19, 2021 will receive priority.

If you have questions, please call or email Farmers Market Manager:

Emily Lyons at (989) 839.9901 or elyons@MBAmi.org

The Midland Area Farmers Market is dedicated to providing high-quality fresh, locally grown and/or produced foods, plants, flowers as well as other agri-business related products. We are committed to connecting residents and visitors with local farmers and producers while also providing an easy, enjoyable shopping experience.

The Midland Area Farmers Market is operated by the Midland Business Alliance.
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